We just celebrated Groves first birthday this past weekend on Sunday and boy was it a busy weekend! We threw a birthday party for him at the Crossville Depot on Saturday, May 16th and had over 40 relatives and friends in attendance. Grove had so much fun that he napped for a grand total of 30 minutes the entire day. Needless to say he was exhausted at the end of the day and slept like a rock ; ) He received so many wonderful gifts including riding toys, a dump truck, lots and lots of books, cash money, bedding, activity toys, clothes and his very own car (with pedals, of course)!

He is so very active and curious now. No walking, yet or remotely interested in the concept, but he cruises very well and loves to climb on things, he's a very good climber- especially if he thinks he'll make an escape from the play yard. He says Mama, Dada and ba-ba. He also claps his hands like crazy when he's happy. He and Scout, our Corgi, have become best friends. He constantly pets and rubs her. She doesn't get very far from him when he's playing and doesn't like it when Wiggles, our dachshund steals Grove's toys. She always lets us know or takes matters into her own hands by getting between Wiggles and the toy he's trying to swipe. It's too funny to see!

He's still on pace to be tall and skinny as Cheki, our pediatrician puts it- he's 30 inches tall and a little over 21 lbs. He started whole cow's milk and really doesn't care for it, so I'm having to sneak it in formula a bit at a time to get him used to it and that is working very well.

Grove is getting so big! It's hard to believe that he is already a year old. Where has the time gone?!